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Google DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning AlphaFold team in strategy shift
Landmark project that solved protein folding gives way to a wider race to build AI systems for scientific discovery
TL;DR
- Google DeepMind is disbanding the team responsible for AlphaFold.
- AlphaFold is an AI project that successfully solved the protein folding problem.
- The company is shifting its strategy to focus on a wider range of AI applications for scientific discovery.
- This move indicates a broader trend in developing AI systems for science.